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[Ron Mitchell <rm2892@xxxxxxxxx>]

Devon,

There might be something at the link below to help you.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/PPC

Not sure if this link has been given to you already, but just in case.

Re wishing that it would "just work out of the box", I hear you. It's
extremely frustrating when something like this happens. Part of the problem
is that the older PPC's don't seem to have any commonality at all. As I've
said before I wonder if Apple ever made the same computer twice.

Hang in there!

Ron Mitchell



On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Ron Mitchell <rm2892@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Phill and Devon
>
> Devon's computer has an ATI Rage 128 Pro Graphics card. Suggested the fix
> the Greg came up with last fall when we were having trouble with this. It
> didn't work for Devon. Will keep combing the PPC pages. I know there's an
> answer somewhere.
>
>
> Ron
>
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi Devon,
>>
>> the PPC guys on the testing mailing list[1] would most likely be better
>> placed to assist on PPC issues. For your Toshiba install, we do need a bit
>> more information. To play things completely safe with an elderly computer,
>> could you install the 10.04 Lubuntu [2] onto it so that we can get some
>> information about the computer?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill.
>> 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing#Getting_Involved
>> 2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/PreviousReleases#A10.04
>> On 22 December 2012 19:01, Devon Tourond <dtourond@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>  [update] I tried installing Ubuntu 12.04 from the alternate CD and it
>>> worked, sort of.. I got a window saying *"*This computer is running in
>>> low-graphics mode*"*. Then after I clicked ok and It gave me another
>>> window with options but if I chose to just *"*run this session in
>>> low-graphics*"* it would put me in the console.
>>>
>>> To be honest It'd be nice if there was more support for PowerPC. I love
>>> Ubuntu, Xubuntu and Lubuntu and I realize that the developers work hard but
>>> this is something that I think should of worked *just like that*. I'm
>>> so frustrated with this now. I'm not the brightest at all things Linux. I
>>> know a lot about Windows and OS X but Linux is still new to me..
>>>
>>> I even tried installing Lubuntu on my Toshiba Satellite laptop that's
>>> about 10 years old w/ 256MB of RAM. The installation went fine but (just
>>> like the iMac) it won't boot even though it says the installation went
>>> fine..
>>>
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